TO THE COURT OF AVA. 
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had before been made to evade it; and the 
Wungyi himself had, about a month previous¬ 
ly, made a proposal to the British Commission^ 
ers, to share with them the government of the 
territory within the prescribed limits, and to 
advance to Rangoon with a force of six hun¬ 
dred men. The proposition was now again 
brought forward by him, and received the same 
negative as before. He was informed, however, 
that an arrangement had been made for put¬ 
ting the Burmans in tranquil possession of 
Rangoon and its neighbourhood, in order to 
obviate the dangers which he apprehended ; and 
that for this purpose, due notice would be giv¬ 
en of the exact period of our departure, when a 
Burman force would be allowed to advance, 
and Rangoon be put in peaceable possession of 
the Burman authorities on the day of our final 
embarkation. This explanation was very agree¬ 
able to the Wungyi, although it by no means 
went the length of meeting all the objects which 
he contemplated. 
Upon this, as on other occasions of our inter¬ 
course with the Burmese, after the peace, it 
was found quite unsafe to permit any material 
deviation from the strict letter of our engage¬ 
ments with them. At the restoration of the 
Province of Bassien, a more liberal policy on 
